Paddy Blewer
@padsky.bsky.social
British / Irish "liberal cosmopolitan" comms guy with a post soviet, MENA, energy, cap markets and geopolitics background. Like sport and food too. I’m not Claude Rains but I am a cynical idealist from South London. https://about.me/paddy.blewer
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It's not going away
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It's not going away
Listening to post close pods, #cricket journos / ex pros of my vintage+ have compared this england attack to the great windies horsemen. You can see the batters' reaction "oh christ this is hard". Not sure there's a Macko, Curtley or Bish - but they were good #ashes #AUSvENG
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
An idle thought but could this have legs? Revolving base: Cork, Brittany, Cornwall, pays basques. Rugby, gastronomy, cycling and the ocean. Maybe a development/ u20 comp? #Rugby
Biarritz / bayone / st jean de luz also appropriate. Atlantic Rugby Cup. Maybe invite Con & Penzance. Early September. A grand week away
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An idle thought but could this have legs? Revolving base: Cork, Brittany, Cornwall, pays basques. Rugby, gastronomy, cycling and the ocean. Maybe a development/ u20 comp? #Rugby
As someone who has worked in autocracies, #comey judgement is interesting. security/ intelligence side follow orders from the boss, because to demur invites a 1 way trip to Vorkuta. But in the US the judiciary remains independent and can shine a light on "following orders" (1)
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As someone who has worked in autocracies, #comey judgement is interesting. security/ intelligence side follow orders from the boss, because to demur invites a 1 way trip to Vorkuta. But in the US the judiciary remains independent and can shine a light on "following orders" (1)
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Inconvenient facts for malign (often foreign) influencers who try to portray my home city as a lethal no go zone.
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Inconvenient facts for malign (often foreign) influencers who try to portray my home city as a lethal no go zone.
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer
And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
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Went to a posh Park Lane lunch yesterday where Kim Darroch, ex-UK ambassador to US, said diplomat colleagues loved postings to #london. Only people in US who who deride it are MAGA types who think it's all knife crime & Sharia law. "All of us know that this is ridiculous," he said. #truelondon
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Went to a posh Park Lane lunch yesterday where Kim Darroch, ex-UK ambassador to US, said diplomat colleagues loved postings to #london. Only people in US who who deride it are MAGA types who think it's all knife crime & Sharia law. "All of us know that this is ridiculous," he said. #truelondon
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A 15-year-old is a child. An adult man cannot have sex with her, he can only rape her.
This is not OK. This never was OK. Wanting to fuck children is not OK.
The fact that we are having this discussion in America speaks volumes about where we are as a society
This is not OK. This never was OK. Wanting to fuck children is not OK.
The fact that we are having this discussion in America speaks volumes about where we are as a society
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A 15-year-old is a child. An adult man cannot have sex with her, he can only rape her.
This is not OK. This never was OK. Wanting to fuck children is not OK.
The fact that we are having this discussion in America speaks volumes about where we are as a society
This is not OK. This never was OK. Wanting to fuck children is not OK.
The fact that we are having this discussion in America speaks volumes about where we are as a society
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If you're having to distinguish between a pedophile and a hebephile and think that's a win, you're really just losing
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you're having to distinguish between a pedophile and a hebephile and think that's a win, you're really just losing
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Reading about the rapid collapse of Eastern European governments in 1989 as completely rotten and corrupt leaderships disintegrated when people realised fear was all that was holding them up. Apropos of nothing.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reading about the rapid collapse of Eastern European governments in 1989 as completely rotten and corrupt leaderships disintegrated when people realised fear was all that was holding them up. Apropos of nothing.
This worked well. Roast ribs of beef with spuds, carvallo nero and carots. Bit of gravy and wine. There have been worse #cookingwithpaddy
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This worked well. Roast ribs of beef with spuds, carvallo nero and carots. Bit of gravy and wine. There have been worse #cookingwithpaddy
@badgercult.bsky.social pleased you got rhe joke
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@badgercult.bsky.social pleased you got rhe joke
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Anyone making bad taste jokes about RFK not being the first Kennedy to flee the scene?
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Anyone making bad taste jokes about RFK not being the first Kennedy to flee the scene?
Anyone making bad taste jokes about RFK not being the first Kennedy to flee the scene?
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Anyone making bad taste jokes about RFK not being the first Kennedy to flee the scene?
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Almost every British spy movie or series fundamentally lacks believability by showing people on mid-level civil service salaries affording spacious, elegant houses and apartments in central London.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Almost every British spy movie or series fundamentally lacks believability by showing people on mid-level civil service salaries affording spacious, elegant houses and apartments in central London.
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Bacon in a spicy glaze, buttered spuds and cabbage and a light gingerbeer, leek and stock sauce. Yum. #cookingwithpaddy
November 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Bacon in a spicy glaze, buttered spuds and cabbage and a light gingerbeer, leek and stock sauce. Yum. #cookingwithpaddy
I mentioned, by the by, to my wife that that my favourite DS9 and Trek character was Garak. My wife commented "oth there's a surprise, the most morally compromised character is your favourite" @badgercult.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I mentioned, by the by, to my wife that that my favourite DS9 and Trek character was Garak. My wife commented "oth there's a surprise, the most morally compromised character is your favourite" @badgercult.bsky.social